Telegram-herald., 1887-08-21

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a. eeta4sE zAa a4a2aFsr "a s-s@Rg< pi&esss
~, l love tbes. AEe4nlAxaaD, fQr ss have
growa gray tegss asr eed tsere = tat be-
tueea sLs ta&t esaa.t - Ssea, al - = TOO
sCseag fof bFs4kieg,s Alld ns took his snaEf-
box. sLle4 vas Dta1e q al oa 6aAss c@Ft-
risSe. fron tks slit ia 40 szr, wnefs 1e always
carried =, aEa haadsd L ~ AS for Ins -
hep myself
took tae pisch " snof With some smotioa-
Il wss guise trae / AS scueh 2fEach g the
blood .AlFsty Cd rufian ! doat know ~hsI
wzs ths enarsa - his essT&eteg. ear il had
casrra perhaps it va ne fsres honesty and
d.rect1sss; perhaps on- Sainiret Ais almost
superkuasn ski and strength. or il may
ave beea simpl, tat he was - absolutely
unique Frankly, vita al nay experience
q s4xages, l never knss nzn quite like
hlla. he was - wise, axd YET such a eAild
vita II all; and thosgh { sseass lAaghsble 10
say 81 Ike tts hsfo of tks Yas.kes parody,
bs had tsaosr kesrs Anyway, / was
very foud of hina, taoagh / should never
have thought of falling hia 30
~Ay. cd woif' p | said, shine Is strange
love Thou woaidst split EEs 70 the chin II
stood Ia thy path to-morfo~.
Thou spss4ksst truth, Mzcumazahn; that
would il il came in the way of duty, but l
should love thee all the same when the blow
had gone fairly home Is there any chance
a. A4r.... t.s.tT l..
went on, IN an insinuating voice ~detkought
that What ! saw last night aid show that the
two great queens were vsxed one with an
other, else had the LADY Of the Night not
brought that dagger with her.
agreed with him that it showed that more
or less pique and irritation existed between
the ladies, and told him how things stood, and
that they were qusrreliBg over Incabu.
"Ah, Is il so" he exclaimed, springing up
in delight; then viii there be war as surely
as the rivers rise in the rains-rar to the end.
Women love the last blow as well as the last
word, and when they fight for love they are
pitiless as a wounded buffalo. See thou,
Aacumazahn, "a woman viii swim through
blood 10 her desire, and think naught Of It,
With these eyes have seen it once, and twice
also Ah, Aacumazahn, We shall sec this fine
place of houses burning yet, and hear the bat
tie cries come ringing up the street. After
all, | have not wandered for nothing. Can
this folk fgEt, think yer
Just then Sir Henry joined US, and Good
arrived, too, from another direction, looking
very pale and hollow eyed. The moment
Umslopogaas saw the latter he stopped his
bloodthirsty talk and greeted him.
~Ah, Bougwan," be cried, greeting TO
thee, Inkoos. thou art surely weary. Didst
thou hunt too much yesterday" Then, with
out waiting for an answer, be vent on:
"Listen, Bougwan, and l viii tell thee a
story: il is about a woman, therefore wilt
-hou hear it; Is 1t not sol
"There was q man, and he had brother,
and there was woman who loved the man 5
brother, and was beloved of the man. The
mans brother had favorite wife, and loved
not the woman, and he made a mock Of her.
Then the woman, being very cunning and
fierce hearted for revenge, took counsel with
herself and ssid TO the man. love thee, and
il thou wilt mako war upon thy brother
will marry thee And he knew it was lie
vet because of his great love of the wcnnan,
who was very fair, did he listen TO her words
and made war And when many people had
| been killed his brother sent 81 him, saying
| WHY slayest thou mel What hurt have
done unto theel From my youth up have
| not loved thee, When thou vast little did
| not nurture thee, and have-*ve lsoS gone down
| TO war together and divided the cattle cir
| by girl, OK by OK, and cow by cowi Why
| slayest thou me, my brother, son of my owl
| motherP
"Then the mans heart was heavy, and h'
| knew that his path was evil; and he pu
| aside the tempting woman, and ceased L
| make war on his brother, and lived at peace
| in the same kraal with him And after ;
| time the woman came TO him, and said, :
| have lost the past, will be thy wife Ant
| in his heart he knew that it was lie, anC
| that she thought the evil thing, yet becaus.
| OF his love did he take her TO wife.
| "And the very night that they were wed
when the man was plunged into deep sleep
| did the woman arise and take his ak from
his band, and pinto the hut of his brothe
aud slay him in his rest. Then did she slinl
back like a gorged lioness,' and place tn
thong of the red ak back upon his wrist an,
| go her ways.
"And at the dawning the people came shout
| ing, 'Lousta is slain in the nightr and the,
came unto the hut Of the man. and there b.
lay asleep, and by him was the red Ak
Then did thoY remember the war; and say
10, he hath Of "A surety slain his brother
and they would have taken and killed him
but he rose and fed swiftly, and as he feetei
by he slew tho woman.
But death could not wipe out the evil sh
had done, ard on him rested the weight Of al
her sin. Therefore is he an outcast, and hi
| name a scorn among his own people; for o.
him. and him only, resteth the burden of he
who BETRAYED And therefore does he wan
der afar, without a kraal, and without an o.
| or a wife. and therefore will he die afar like
stricken buck, and his name be accursed iron
generation TO generation, in that the peopl
ssy that be slew his brother, Lousta, b.
treachery in the night time.'
The old Zulu paused, and saw that he wa
deeply agitated by his own story. Present.
be lifted his head, which he had bowed to hi
breast, and went on:
Il was that man, Bougwan. Oui 1 Wa
that man; and now bark thoui Even as
am. 50 wilt thou be-a tool. a plaything, an o
II burden % carry the evil deeds Of another
Listeni Whom thou didst creep after th
Lady Of the Night I was hard upon tn
track. When she struck thee with the knit
ia the sleeping place OF the White Queen va
there also. When thou didst let her sli
away ike n snake ia the stones / saw tbes
and knew that sire had bewitched thee, an
that a true man bad abandoned the truth
and he who aforetime loved a straight pat
had taken . crooked way. Forgive me, m
father, II my words are sharp, but out Of
fun heart are they spoken. See her no mor'
90 shalt thou 60 down with honor TO "a
grave Else because Of the beauty q woma
that weareth as a garment cf fur shalt tho
be even ss I am. and perchance with neT
csuse have said
Throuehout tsis long and eloquent addre'
Good had been perfectly silent, hut when II
tsle beEsn % saspe Itself 80 apply n BIS OK